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This is a canard and actual immigrants aren't falling for it. There are lots of people that dislike immigration as a whole, either for matters of race, religion
by akhilcacharya 8y ago
This is a canard and actual immigrants aren't falling for it. There are lots of people that dislike immigration as a whole, either for matters of race, religion, or nebulous "culture". The Muslim ban, which then evolved into a travel ban coupled with a refugee ban, is proof of this.
When President Trump asked why people are coming from certain countries and not others, everyone heard what he was saying.
There's a good reason why Asian-Americans, who used to lean Republican, no longer do despite immigrating overwhelmingly through difficult legal channels.
- vokep 8y agoYou can claim its a canard, as you can claim the sky is purple. Maybe it is for others, but not for me and a some I know with a similar position. I have immigrant family members, I have no issue with immigration, with new people. There is no issue with someone coming to the door of a place and saying "May I please come in" and complying with whatever standards of admission there are. There is an issue when instead they break a window or sneak in somehow. Even if they aren't causing any harm, it isn't a reasonable precedent to allow to be set.
- akhilcacharya 8y agoThis doesn't hold water when the current administration stops refugee resettlement and makes applying for asylum more difficult (legal by definition) while simultaneously opposing family unification (also legal by definition) by calling it "chain migration". The RAISE Act would cut legal immigration in half. And that's while ignoring changes to the H4 visa and general animosity towards the H1B visa program.
- SamReidHughes 8y agoObviously all people anti-legal-immigration are going to be anti-illegal. You're guaranteed that Venn diagram by construction. People in favor of reducing or altering legal immigration are quite vocal about it.